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| Italy: Two die as motorway bridge collapses near Ancona | |
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| A motorway bridge has collapsed near the north-east Italian city of Ancona, killing two, Italian officials say. | A motorway bridge has collapsed near the north-east Italian city of Ancona, killing two, Italian officials say. |
| The victims were in a car below the bridge when it fell down onto the A14 road, which runs between Loreto and Ancona South. | |
| The collapse involved a temporary structure which was supporting the bridge, Autostrade, the Italian highways agency said. | |
| Two Romanian workers were also injured, Italian media reported. | |
| The two people who died were a husband and wife, originally from the province of Ascoli Piceno, whose white Nissan Qashqai was crushed as the bridge came down, Ansa news agency reported. | |
| The bridge had been closed to traffic for maintenance work, it said. | |
| Ansa quoted a witness named Francesco as saying the collapse "happened suddenly" and a female driver in front of him braked and stopped just 10m (33ft) from the collapsed bridge. | |
| "We were saved by a miracle," he said. | |
| The affected road is now closed in both directions. | |
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